IBM eyes to deepen engagement with Indian startups, given the country's fertile and rapidly-developing technology ecosystem.NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: In an effort to accelerate digital transformation at the start-up level, National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) in partnership with IBM, launched Techstartup.in Delhi on IBM’s cloud platform Bluemix today.

Techstartup.in was first launched in Bangalore in October 2015. The new, localized Delhi version of the site is designed to help stimulate innovation in Delhi while spurring growth within the entire Indian start-up economy. “The portal will serve as a centralized hub for India’s tech ecosystem city by city providing information and resources to help turn ideas into businesses, deliver valuable tools for tech startups, and connect citizen entrepreneurs to opportunities in the tech ecosystem,” said the official release.

As per the NASSCOM Start-up Report 2015, within one year, the number of start-ups in India has grown by 40 per cent, and this number is expected to cross 4,200 by the end of 2015. With over 100 per cent growth in number of PE/VCs/Angel investors along with a 125 per cent growth in funding over last year. The total funding in the India based start-ups is estimated to be nearly $5 billion by the end of 2015.

“With Techstartup.in we want to democratize access to key resources and information across the country digitally connecting India’s expanding tech-preneurs. Building it together in support with IBM, it will be a personification of a united commitment to increase jobs, train the workforce of the future, support new startups, and ultimately ensure India is at the centre of technology innovation,” said Rajat Tandon, Vice President, NASSCOM 10,000 Start-ups.

TechStartup.in will be updated regularly using tools from Bluemix, IBM’s cloud platform, that includes tools for social, mobile, analytics, cloud integration, Internet of Things, Watson cognitive computing and more. Additionally, as part of its commitment to the global startup community, IBM will offer up to $120,000 of free IBM Cloud credits for local qualified startups to use as they build their businesses on IBM Cloud.

The platform will offer a search engine and database which will profile every city-based tech company and investor; a continuously updated list of tech and start-up job openings, a citywide tech event and class calendar; an interactive map of tech companies and start-up resources, said the release.